Noble Boosts Quarterly Dividend

(RTTNews) - Noble Corp. (NE) announced an increase of 50 percent in the company's quarterly cash dividend, which will result in a total quarterly dividend of $0.375 per share. The ex-dividend date for this payment is expected to be February 6, 2014, with a record date of February 10, 2014 and a payment date of February 20, 2014.

The increased dividend of $0.375 per share includes the third of these four installments and an additional dividend equal to $0.125 per share. The Company expects that this dividend will be treated as a qualified dividend for purposes of U.S. taxes.